§ Mr. LeslieTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the allocation of items 651W accepted in lieu of tax made in the financial year (a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99 and (c) 1999–2000. [133355]
Table 1: Allocation of items accepted in lieu of tax made in the financial year 1997–98 Item To whom allocated Date of allocation Two German drawings, by Martin Schongauer and Jorg Breu the Elder British Museum 9 June 1997 Peacock Gown National Trust for display at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire 9 June 1997 Torbock Archives Cumbria County Council for retention at Cumbria Record Office and Somerset District Council for retention at Somerset Record Office 14 June 1997 A 17th century pair cased alarm striking watch by Edward last National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside for display at the Prescot Museum 18 June 1997 Staffelsee by Wassily Kandinsky Ashmolean Museum 18 June 1997 A Queen Anne walnut longcase clock by Daniel Quare Worshipful Company of Clockmakers Museum 27 August 1997 Throckmorten papers Warwickshire County Council for retention at Warwickshire Record Office and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust 21 August 1997 Regency furniture Victoria and Albert Museum (in-situ at Longleat House) 5 November 1997 The Armagnac Manuscript for the Two Trials of Joan of Arc Victoria and Albert Museum 7 February 1998 Portrait of Lord Thurlow by George Romney House of Lords Collection Trust 7 February 1998 Portrait of Mary Leiter by Alexander Cabanel National Trust for display at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire 7 February 1998 Still Life with an upturned roemer by Willem Claez Heda Norfolk County Council for display at the Castle Museum, Norwich 7 February 1998 Mrs. Leahart and her Children by Arthur Hughes Tyne and Weir Joint Museums Committee for display at the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle 7 February 1998 A painting by Aert Van Der Neer Ashmolean Museum 7 February 1998 Macclesfield Silver Victoria and Albert Museum 18 February 1998 Twenty two miniature Iron Age shields British Museum 18 March 1998
Table 2: Allocation of items accepted in lieu of tax made in the financial year 1998–99 Item To whom allocated Date of allocation The Archive of Lord Clark of Saltwood Tate Gallery 8 April 1998 Simon Bening illumination Victoria and Albert Museum 10 May 1998 A Still Life with flowers and fruit upon a ledge in a park setting by Jan van Huysum National Trust for display at Dudmaston 7 June 1998 The Cobbold Family portrait by Thomas Gainsborough The Gainsborough House Society 9 June 1998 Four paintings by Pierre Bonnard, Amedeo Modigliani and Claude Monet. Fitzwilliam Museum 15 June 1998 Hawkins family Archive Cornwall County Council for retention at the Cornwall County Record Office 22 June 1998 The Sherborne Missal British Library 30 June 1998 An ormolu and enamel automaton clock by Thomas Weekes Leeds City Council for display at Temple Newsam House 15 September 1998 A collection of works from Clevedon Court, North Somerset National Trust for display at Clevedon Court 2 October 1998 Two paintings by Charles de Lafosse National Trust for display at Basildon Park, Berkshire 5 November 1998 Kay-Shuttleworth papers National Trust for retention at Lancashire Records Office 2 February 1999 Furniture from Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire National Trust for display at Gawthorpe Hall 4 February 1999 A View of the European Factories at Canton by William Daniel National Maritime Museum 19 February 1999 Needlework Casket Victoria and Albert Museum 8 March 1999
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Table 3: Allocation of items accepted in lieu of tax made in the financial year 1999–2000 Item To whom allocated Date of allocation A pair of Delft cream Pans made by Adrianus Kocks Historic Royal Palaces 4 May 1999 Portrait of David Garrick by Johann Zoffany and Le Manchot by David Teniers the Younger Ashmolean Museum 10 May 1999 Saint Teresa's Vision of a Dove by Sir Peter Paul Rubens Fitzwilliam Museum 17 June 1999 Portrait of Cesare Alessandro Scaglia, Abbé of Stafforda and Mandanici, 1634 by Sir Anthony Van Dyke National Gallery 7 September 1999 The Temple of Poseidon at Sunium (Cape Colonna) by Joseph Mallord William Turner Tate Gallery 28 September 1999 Landscape with Phaeton's Petition to Apollo by Richard Wilson National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside for display at the Walker Art Gallery 28 September 1999 The Powis Archive Shropshire County Council for retention at Shropshire Records and Research Centre 29 September 1999 Shuttleworth family and estate papers Lancashire County Council for retention at Lancashire Record Office 28 October 1999 Composition B with Red by Piet Mondrian Tate Gallery 5 November 1999 An equirotal cab-phaeton Museum of London 20 November 1999
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe information my hon. Friend requests is as follows:
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Table 3: Allocation of items accepted in lieu of tax made in the financial year 1999–2000 Item To whom allocated Date of allocation Master of the Rolls ceremonial robe of circa 1784 Permanent Exhibition of the History of Legal Robes and Costumes for display at the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand, London 3 December 1999 The Ballad Seller by Henry Walton Tate Gallery 3 December 1999 Two portraits of Admiral and Mrs. Bligh by John Russell The Captain Cook Memorial Museum 22 December 1999 A Charles II studded leather coffer Leeds City Council for display at Temple Newsam House 13 December 1999 Manuscript by John Bellemain British Library 22 January 2000 The papers of Sir Henry Page Croft Churchill College, Cambridge 28 February 2000 A group of medals awarded to Colonel Mark Sever Bell Royal Engineers Museum 6 March 2000